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Good for short stay in the town of Semporna, and it's located near the pier, KFC, SenEx bus terminal and other local restaurants. The rooms are small but with comfortable beds. There are fan and air-conditioned rooms available.

We stayed here twice. Our first stay was satisfactory, given the price, so I decided to book this hotel again during our second trip to Semporna. Our second stay here was a disappointment. There was no hot shower and the toilet flush is broken. I forgot the room number but it was a triple room at the top level of...

The hotel was clean but rooms shabby and in need of a paint job.The staff friendly and helpful and towels and linen spotless.
Didnt like the area at night but we walked along the main road and turned left at the jetty toward the restaurants etc and it was ok.Shame none of the street lights were working that would have...

The City Inn had a reasonable Double Room with hot water ensuite, aircon, wardrobe, and local Malay TV channels for MYR69.
The ‘place to be’ is in the area near the Old Jetty in and around the Borneo Global Sipadan Backpackers. You pay a bit more in this area (around MYR100 for a worse to similar Double) but there are...

I had a nice clean room with hot water and a working ac. no complaints. good value The staff were charming and friendly but the hotel is situated in a very dark part of town. It took a serious effort of will to go out after dark.

Stayed here for 1 night before going diving in Mabul/Sipadan. Unfortuntately it seems like there are few options for actually getting out to the good dive spots that dont involve an overnight stay in Semporna, which is definitely one of the worst towns I've ever visited, not a very nice introduction to the natural wonders of Borneo.
This hotel is...

Fairly Clean, reasonable value, internet only in the lobby. Some electricity drop out issues, but only for short time. Not the best location. No atmosphere or anything special, but will do as a decent place to stay.

Smelly rooms, leaking toilet and not clean.
To top it off locals are also using the hotel with up to six guys in a single room, couldnt count how many they were in the doubles. And they kept screaming and running in hallway and stairs all night. Terrible when most people coming to the smelly tacky town of Semporna are...

The Hotel is located in a pretty sketchy area away from the main jetty part of town. It is almost like being in a post-apocalyptic one-horse town. At night there are groups of young men sitting around not doing anything on the dirty concrete streets. The hotel itself is OK. It is cleanish, but super basic. The shower was not...

The ensuite twin room with AC was decent, wifi worked, hot water and close to the bus we were taking at 7.30am to Tawau airport. Nothing special, but a decent place and out of the three options around the bus stop (Mabul Inn, City Inn and a third) this seemed best and cheapest

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